Thread: A million reasons to throw the book at him
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Old 11-28-2007, 10:31 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket View Post
I wonder where that expression came from? I'm thinking sometime in colonial days they actually threw leather bound books at law breaking witches or something...
It likely comes from the idea of "throwing every punishment in the book at him."
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